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Darwin goes open access
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 Oct '06

22 Oct '06

Friends: Here is a story from Guardian Unlimited that should warm the hearts of scientists and open access champions! The entire works of Charles darwin including pictures are now available open access. Arun ------------ Darwin's entire works go online Ian Sample, science correspondent Thursday October 19, 2006 The Guardian A missing notebook clutched by a Shropshire lad who circumnavigated the globe, returned to Britain, and demolished the Victorian hubris that humans stood alone as the pinnacle of creation is published for the first time today. The original notebook, which documents Charles Darwin's observations throughout his five-year voyage to the Amazon, Patagonia and the Pacific aboard HMS Beagle, is presumed stolen, but using a microfilm copy, Cambridge University scientists today make it available free online, along with the entire works of the scientist credited with the most important advance in science of the past 300 years. The collection brings Darwin's breathtaking range of writing together for the first time, with 50,000 pages of searchable text, and tens of thousands of images, many from previously unpublished manuscripts, together with notebooks, diaries and original publications such as The Origin of Species, The Voyage of the Beagle (the Journal of Researches) and The Descent of Man. Audio versions of key works will be free to download at the project website, darwin-online.org.uk. "Nowhere possesses this complete collection. It's a complete run of his papers which has never been assembled in any form anywhere," said John van Wyhe, director of The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online project. Randal Keynes, Darwin's great, great grandson, told the Guardian the project fulfilled the Darwin family's long-standing aim to have all of the scientist's work available for everyone. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Is India a threat to US domination in technology?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

Friends: Here is what a US expert thinks about China and India as threats to the US domination in technology. He says we have a poor government in India, our education system (barring a few exceptions) is no good and our infrastructure is crumbling. Should we not do something to improve? Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ---------------------- In his recent book, "Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East", Clyde Prestowitz quotes a Chinese friend: "We've had a couple of hundred bad years, but now we're back." Yet shrugging off the burden of history is not so easy, particularly when, as recently as 1966-76, the brightest and sparkiest people were dumped in labour camps. The Chinese have been able to turn their country into a manufacturing giant because of their willingness to work harder and longer; but turning it into a service giant, let alone an innovation hub, will require different qualities. China's biggest problem is a culture of deference--a culture that was refined by the mandarin tradition and then reinforced by the Communist Party. For many Chinese it is bad form to question superiors. So far, China has been much more adept at borrowing other people's ideas than producing its own, particularly when it comes to high-level innovation. But there are plenty of other problems, ranging from poor English-language skills to weak intellectual-property rights. Many Western companies are rightly nervous about developing new products in a country where ideas are routinely stolen. India's difficulties have more to do with another intractable problem: poor government. The country's infrastructure is crumbling and the education system is hugely uneven. The Indian Institutes of Technology are very good at producing a highly educated elite, but run-of-the-mill colleges are often of poor quality. The result is graduate unemployment of 17% at a time when the high-tech economy is booming. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Declining Reading Habits
by librarymahad 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Dear all, In my past experience as a Librarian in GIDC Rofel Institute Of Management Studies I have seen that reading habit of the students is also markably declined. I have found the probable reasons also. 1) They were getting ready-made notes, data, projects, etc. which are available in the markets. It is also pretty clear that when students are getting their required in ready made form, they are not willing to read books and prepared notes from those. Which we used to do. Reading various types of books and getting the best of books for any answer to a question. 2) They are so burdened with lots of activities in the Study period that they were not willing to read books from where they can prepared notes. 3) Some are so lazy that at the time of examination they only want the READY MADE. The other thing we also think about the decline of reading habit is the TV programme. I have seen that the house wifves who used to read 5 or 6 novel in a week from a particular library are not at all visiting the library. I wanted to know the cause. The simple answer now we are not getting time because of TV Soaps. I partially agreed that the reading habit is declined for more use of internet information or e-book. But how many of general people is able to effort for that? We are really using that but in which way that is being used and useful? Who are the person using those? Those all have to be consider in your survey. Regards, Wish you all a very Happy Dipavali!!! Pradip Das ================================================= Pradip Das. Sr. Librarian & Training Co-ordinator, Pidilite Industries Limited, A/21, MIDC, Mahad, Maharashtra - 402309. India. Ph. : 02145- 31444(R), 02145 - 232043 to 46 (Off.) Extn. : 226 Fax. : 01245 - 232048 E-mail : librarymahad(a)pidilite.co.in or, pradipbhadreswardas(a)gmail.com Web : www.pidilite.com ================================================ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Parinita Samant" <parinitas(a)hexaware.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Declining Reading Habits Dear All, It is nice to see such a varied response for Declining Reading habits. What I, as a librarian want to do, is take a survey to find out the varied reading habits of various age groups and what attracts them to reading. Surely there is a motivation to read. What is it that triggers it in various people? I am sure of the fact that reading habits are NOT declining, they are only changing. Just because people do not come to the library to issue out books, does not mean reading habits are declining. Are we as librarians geared up for this change? We as librarians need to change accordingly to meet our reader's requirements. If e-books is what is preferred by say an age group 20-30 then we provide them with e-books and journals. If Just-in-Time information is needed, then so be it. Could we discuss this further? What are your experiences? Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707

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Programme on Information Literacy and Promotion of Reading Habits for Corporation School Students - reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Dear All, As you may aware that the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) is organizing many programmes for the Corporation School Children since 2003 through its various chapters to promote reading habits and also to motivate the students to use the Library. SALIS is organizing similar programmes in this year also as part of National Library Week Celebrations. The details of the programmes are given below: Objective of the Programmes: 1. To promote Information Literacy/Reading Habits of Corporation School Children Programme Type: Speech Competition Topics: 1. Role of Libraries in Nation Building (OR) 2. Role of Libraries in Career Development of Students Eligibility: Students of Corporation Schools studying IX, X, XI and XII standards. Fee: No Fee Venue: Connemara Public Library, Chennai Preliminary Round : 05.11.2006 â 09.30 A.M Time : 5 minutes No. students to be selected: 6 FINAL Round: Date: 12.11.2006 Time: 9.30 A. Time: 10 minutes No. students to be selected: 6 A panel of judges will select the winners based on the following criteria 1. Oratory Skill 2. Body Language 3. Contents Prizes: First prize : Books worth Rs.1000/- (minimum) Second prize: Books worth Rs.750/- Third prize : Books worth Rs.500/- The winners will receive the above prizes during the National Library Week Celebrations between 14th and 20th, November 2006 at Chennai The date & time of the function will be intimated to the winners to receive the prices. For further details of the programme and registration of names, kindly contact: Mr. P.Panneer Selvam Programme Co-ordinator SALIS Chennai Chapter B2- Solai Apartments (Opp to MGR garden) Mount-Poonamallee Road Chennai â 600 089 e-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.com cell: 9841103912 All are cordially invited for the programme. Kindly inform the same to all the concerned. . Thank you. Wish you all a very HAPPY DEEPAVALI & RAMZAAN ---------------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS A.Hariharan Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus Taramani Chennai - 600 113 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com Cell: 9841601901 Off:044-22549133 -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apatments Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 www.autolib-india.net/salis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Reading habit
by Mailing List Manager 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:56:24 +0530 From: Rafiq <rafiq.ansari(a)timesgroup.com> Dear All, We are debating a very subjective issue. People not coming to Library and not borrowing books in no way indicate decline in reading habits. Reading today has shifted from print to electronic. Downloading e-books or taking print out of searched pages from the Internet is as good as physically borrowing books from the Library. In the present milieu (though it has always been so), the world is a university where learning is online. And no learning is possible without reading; I repeat reading - be it physical or online. The crux of the issue, nevertheless, is that "Reading is Living", and a person who does not read dies before time, he may be physically alive, though. So let's strive to promote "reading habit" per se rather than wasting efforts in finding results of surveys indicating that the reading habit is declining. Regards, Rafiq Ansari Senior Manager - Library Television Division The Times of India Group Mumbai Tel - (022) 24810633 rafiq.ansari(a)gmail.com -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:49 AM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Declining reading habits Dear All, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. [truncated]

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Request for article
by Yashwant G Kanade 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Dear Moderator, Could you please arrange to send this information through LIS-FORUM? With Best Regards Dear Sir, Can you Please check if the following article can be made available. Its urgently required. I can arrange for funds to pay for it as well. Friend, A. D. and A. White (2000). "Evaluation and analysis of a dynamic terrestrial ecosystem model under preindustrial conditions at the global scale." Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 14(4): 1173-1190. Thanking you rajiv -- YASHWANT G KANADE Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA Tele Phone:91-080-23600985/ 22932506 Extn.-106,107 Fax: 91-080-23601428 E-Mail: kanade(a)ces.iisc.ernet.in; kanade_yg12(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner @ces.iisc.ernet.in, and is believed to be clean.

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PubFocus - a tool for statistical analysis of Medline indexed articles.
by Sukhdev Singh 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Just came to know about a tool called PubFocus. This would be useful for those having interest in statistical analysis of published articles in Medline. http://www.pubfocus.org/ "Pubfocus performs statistical analysis of the MEDLINE/PubMed search queries enriched with the additional information gathered from journal impact factor database and forward referencing database. PubFocus outputs basic statistical information on publication trends, publishing journals and most prolific authors including separate analysis of the first authors (commonly most contributing scientists) and last authors (commonly principal investigators)." Just tried out, it takes lot of time. But since it is free without any alternative - it is worth it. --Sukhdev Singh, http://indmed.nic.in NIC. New Delhi.

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Declining Reading Habits
by Parinita Samant 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Dear All, It is nice to see such a varied response for Declining Reading habits. What I, as a librarian want to do, is take a survey to find out the varied reading habits of various age groups and what attracts them to reading. Surely there is a motivation to read. What is it that triggers it in various people? I am sure of the fact that reading habits are NOT declining, they are only changing. Just because people do not come to the library to issue out books, does not mean reading habits are declining. Are we as librarians geared up for this change? We as librarians need to change accordingly to meet our reader's requirements. If e-books is what is preferred by say an age group 20-30 then we provide them with e-books and journals. If Just-in-Time information is needed, then so be it. Could we discuss this further? What are your experiences? Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707 *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . *************************************************************************************************************************** Declining Reading Habits Dear All, It is nice to see such a varied response for Declining Reading habits. What I, as a librarian want to do, is take a survey to find out the varied reading habits of various age groups and what attracts them to reading. Surely there is a motivation to read . What is it that triggers it in various people? I am sure of the fact that reading habits are NOT declining, they are only changing. Just because people do not come to the library to issue out books, does not mean reading habits are declining . Are we as librarians geared up for this change? We as librarians need to change accordingly to meet our reader ’ s requirements. If e-books is what is preferred by say an age group 20-30 then we provide them with e-books and journals. If Just- in-Time information is needed, then so be it. Could we discuss this further? What are your experiences? [A] Thanks &� Regards � Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707 *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . ***************************************************************************************************************************

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OA and librarians!
by Mailing List Manager 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:58:38 +0100 (BST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> >From Peter Suber's blog Providing OA to library literature Dorothea Salo, Open access to the library literature, Caveat Lector, October 17, 2006. Excerpt: Im shocked that nobody is calling me names. Instead, a productive discussion is starting about open access to the library literature.... [T]he costs and benefits of open access apply to us librarians too. We certainly have overpriced journals and trade publications. We certainly have journals that sold out and saw their prices soar. We certainly have journals and trade publications that ask us to sign ridiculous copyright-transfer agreements.... [T]heres more value for us, in the long run [in providing OA to library literature] --its called eating our own dog food. We cant reasonably go out and evangelize self-archiving to faculty when we arent doing it ourselves. We cant evangelize open-access journals when we dont publish in them.... I mean, our very own guidebooks militate against open access! I was reading the publication chapter in The Successful Academic Librarian last week (ambitious, thats me) when I ran smack into (paraphrased) There are open-access journals, but they arent well-known, so most librarians consider them dubious publication outlets at best. Oh, great; thanks ever so, O Molder of the Mind of the Young. That isnt even true, for $DEITYs sake! Find me a techie librarian who doesnt know about D-Lib and Ariadne. One. So what is a librarian who publishes in the library literature to do? At a minimum, I suggest the following: * Read all copyright transfer agreements. Its flat-out irresponsible not to. If you dont like what youre reading, ask if thats the only agreement available, and be prepared to detail your concerns. * For those agreements that do not appear to allow self-archiving or do not address self-archiving, ask the editor May I self-archive this paper? Editors and publishers need to hear that their authors want to do this; we mustnt let publishers hide behind but our authors dont care! Just asking the question is not going to kill your acceptance chances (especially if you ask this after your paper is accepted!). * Whenever possible, submit your work to an existing open-access journal. Gold-OA has a chicken-and-egg problem; authors wont submit to OA journals unless other authors do, and Molders of the Minds of the Young wont give credence to OA journals until they know people (good people!) who publish in them. We dont necessarily need to start more OA library journals. We need to utilize the ones we do have fully. (That said watch this space.) * Know OA resources in our field. Use them, and point other librarians to them. Im at DLIST all the time these days. Want to go a little further? There are ways.... [PS: Here cutting six good suggestions; see the whole post.]

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OA progressing well in Europe
by Mailing List Manager 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:43:41 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> More on DRIVER Tracey Caldwell, Europe starts to build an Open Access information network, Information World Review, October 17, 2006. Excerpt: The EU is to network research papers across Europe to create a free public information resource. The Driver project will use simple internet-based infrastructures to make accessible scientific and technical reports, research articles, experimental and observational data, rich media and other digital objects. The European Commission's research infrastructure unit will fund the 18-month project. During this time Driver (Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research) will prepare for the future expansion and upgrade of the infrastructure across Europe and aim to ensure the widest possible user involvement. Ten international partners are supporting the project. Driver will help countries to create networks of open access (OA) repositories. It will build on existing institutional repositories and networks from countries including the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium and the UK.... Open access commentator Peter Suber welcomed the launch: "This is big. It should greatly increase the number of OA institutional repositories. Its testbed will demonstrate powerful new services, enticing universities to make their research output available to these services through local incentives to deposit. And it should make it much easier for public funding agencies in European countries to mandate OA archiving for all the research they fund." (From Peter Suber's blog)

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More libraries in North America join OCA
by Mailing List Manager 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:21:35 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> New contributors to the Open Content Alliance The Boston Library Consortium, Indiana University, University of Alberta, University of Georgia, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have joined the Open Content Alliance. - From Peter Suber's blog. ----- Many large university (and public) libraries in the west are joining hands with either the Open Content Alliance or Google to digitize their huge collections, especially books. Indian libraries with unique collections (in Indian languages) will do well to join this movement. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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universal open access to neuroscience literature
by Mailing List Manager 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:04:00 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun(a)mssrf.res.in> OA to neuroscience literature Alexei Koudinov and Svetlana Nekrasov, Developing Universal Open Access to Neuroscience Literature, a presentation at the Neuroscience 2006 conference (Atlanta, October 14-18, 2006). Also see Alexei's blog notes on the presentation. - From Peter Suber's blog. ---- When will Indian neuroscientists (and other biomedical researchers) satrt self-archiving their papers? Regards. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 7 for free download
by Farooque Shaheen 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP and made it available for free download at the Internet Explorer 7 site(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx). IE7 is a significant upgrade to IE6, and offers tabbed browsing, an anti-phishing toolbar, a redesigned interface, and a variety of security features, including increased protection against rogue ActiveX controls. It's Microsoft's first launch of an all new browser since the release of IE6 in 2001. The launch comes days after the Release Candidate 3 (RC3) release of Firefox, which has a similar feature set to Internet Explorer. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105 Microsoft released the final version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP and made it available for free download at the Internet Explorer 7 site(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx). IE7 is a significant upgrade to IE6, and offers tabbed browsing, an anti-phishing toolbar, a redesigned interface, and a variety of security features, including increased protection against rogue ActiveX controls. It's Microsoft's first launch of an all new browser since the release of IE6 in 2001. The launch comes days after the Release Candidate 3 (RC3) release of Firefox, which has a similar feature set to Internet Explorer. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art… Thanks & Regards, Farooque Shaheen, Caritor India Pvt Ltd. Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105

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Job Vacancies - Geneva and Nairobi - ind
by Tomas Allen 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Sorry for cross postings and for those interested, please contact the agencies directly Tomas Job posting - Library and Information ManagementOfficer/Systems Librarian International Labour Organization Vacancy Notice No: 2006/38 Deadline for applications: 17 November 2006 Currently accepting applications Grade: P-3 Contract type: Fixed-term appointment Duty Station: Geneva Headquarters Switzerland https://erecruit.ilo.org/e-jobs/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.cfm?o_c=2000&intra=1… The Bureau of Library and Information Services is mandated to provide relevant and up-to-date information and information services to ILO constituents and staff, researchers, practitioners, and the general public. The incumbent of this post reports to the Senior Systems Librarian Job posting Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) Technical Officer Level L 2 Duration of contract 1 year, Renewable (Subject to availability of funds) Duty Station Nairobi Date of Issue 15 October 2006 Date of closure 15 November 2006 Organizational Unit United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Remuneration; Depending on professional background, experience and family situation, a competitive compensation and a benefits package offered. http://www.unep.org/vacancies/PDF/OARE.pdf Overall responsibility Within the cluster of the Sergio Vieira de Mello UN library, the Technical Officer will be responsible for technical support to the OARE Project (Online Access to Research in the Environment) including liaison with external partners, UNEP regional and country offices, participating country institutions, Yale University, WHO-HINARI, and FAO-AGORA administration team. _________________________________________________________________ Try Search Survival Kits: Fix up your home and better handle your cash with Live Search! http://imagine-windowslive.com/search/kits/default.aspx?kit=improve&locale=…

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Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences, 09-18 Jan 2006, MPISS, Ujjain
by Puttaraj Choukimath 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Please excuse cross posting - this may be of interest to you or a colleague Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences As a part of its ongoing programmes, Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research (MPISSR) is organising a ten-day Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences between January 9 and January 18,2007. The objective of the training workshop is to impart training in the areas such as computer system, quantitative and qualitative research processes, data processing using computer and making sense of the results. After introducing the participants to computer and its usages, the Workshop shall introduce participants with the research processes and familiarise them with data, its measurement and its transfer to computer. The major quantitative research techniquesdescriptive and inferential statistics using Frequency, Mean, cross-tabulation, Log-linear methods, ANOVA, correlation and regression analysis shall be taken up next with the help of a given data set. All the lectures will be followed by an interactive review session and group discussions. At the end, the participants shall be divided in groups and each group shall aim at analysing the given data based on a framework developed by the group. The findings of the analysis shall be presented to the rest of the groups. Knowledge of quantitative research methods and statistical techniques is a prerequisite for participation in the Workshop. Sleeper class rail fare both ways will be provided to the selected participants. The participants will also be provided with free accomodation. The Participants will be charged a fee of Rs 800 in case of teachers; Rs 400 for PhD students with fellowship; Rs 200 for PhD students without fellowship. Selected participants may have to deposit Rs 800V- as earnest money, which is refundable only after full attendance in the Course. Interested candidates may submit their applications by November 15, 2006 to the Director, Madhya Pradesh Social Science Research, 6 Bharatpuri, Ujjain 456 010. SOURCE: University News, Vol. 44 (41), Oct 09-15 2006, pp.27 Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Why keep checking for Mail? The all-new Yahoo! Mail shows you when there are new messages. Please excuse cross posting - this may be of interest to you or a colleague Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences As a part of its ongoing programmes, Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research (MPISSR) is organising a ten-day Training Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences between January 9 and January 18,2007 . The objective of the training workshop is to impart training in the areas such as computer system, quantitative and qualitative research processes, data processing using computer and making sense of the results. After introducing the participants to computer and its usages, the Workshop shall introduce participants with the research processes and familiarise them with data, its measurement and its transfer to computer. The major quantitative research techniquesdescriptive and inferential statistics using Frequency, Mean, cross- tabulation, Log-linear methods, ANOVA, correlation and regression analysis shall be taken up next with the help of a given data set. All the lectures will be followed by an interactive review session and group discussions. At the end, the participants shall be divided in groups and each group shall aim at analysing the given data based on a framework developed by the group. The findings of the analysis shall be presented to the rest of the groups. Knowledge of quantitative research methods and statistical techniques is a prerequisite for participation in the Workshop. Sleeper class rail fare both ways will be provided to the selected participants. The participants will also be provided with free accomodation. The Participants will be charged a fee of Rs 800 in case of teachers; Rs 400 for PhD students with fellowship; Rs 200 for PhD students without fellowship. Selected participants may have to deposit Rs 800V- as earnest money, which is refundable only after full attendance in the Course. Interested candidates may submit their applications by November 15, 2006 to the Director, Madhya Pradesh Social Science Research, 6 Bharatpuri, Ujjain 456 010. SOURCE: University News, Vol. 44 (41), Oct 09-15 2006, pp.27 Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu/ www.tiss.edu Why keep checking for Mail? The http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42242/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailb… all-new Yahoo! Mail shows you when there are new messages.

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Update on ""Second National Workshop on Scientific Journal Publishing in India""
by Thomas Abraham 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Dear Sir/ Madam, Here is an update on the details pertaining to the "Second National Workshop on Scientific Journal Publishing in India". As per decisions taken here, the following amendments have been made to the earlier announcement. 1. No Registration Fee will be charged for attending the workshop. 2. The last date for receiving online application has been extended to 1st November 2006. This is for your kind information. Please pass this information on to other colleagues. Please Visit the Website. Project Website :http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ Workshop Website:http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ SECOND NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL PUBLISHING IN INDIA ON 14th and 15th DECEMBER, 2006 Conducted by National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in collaboration with Public Knowledge Project, University of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University, Canada supported by Asian Media and Information Centre, Singapore Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006. ------ Content: ------- Aimed at academic publishers in India, including institutions and associations with Institutional Archives as well as journal publishers, the workshop will - Impart knowledge about OAI-PMH and the tools and techniques required to publish with OAI compliance. - Conduct hands-on sessions using open source, OAI complaint journal management and publishing software, Open Journal Systems(OJS). Registration Information: ------------------------ - The workshop is open to Indian nationals employed in organizations,associations or private companies involved in academic and research publications OR have plans in the near future to start their own publishing initiatives. - Two members from each organization are encouraged to participate. Additional members from the same organization will be accommodated subject to availability of seats. - The number of seats is limited to 20 only. Registration Fees: ----------------- - No registration fee. - Travel expenses to and from Bangalore should be borne by the participant or the sponsoring organization. Important dates: --------------- Last date for registration: 1st November 2006. Confirmation of registration to the participants: 15th November, 2006 Workshop Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006 Registration : -------------- http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html Brochure: -------- Available for download at: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf Workshop Website: ------- ------- For more information check the URL: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ Contact: ------- Postal Address: National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Phone: 080-22933273, 22932654 and 22932511 E-mail: sjpi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in With Regards Thomas Abraham Thomas Abraham Project Assistant National Centre For Science Information Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore Mobile : +919886040165 Here is an update on the details pertaining to the "Second National Workshop on Scientific Journal Publishing in India". As per decisions taken here, the following amendments have been made to the earlier announcement. 1. No Registration Fee will be charged for attending the workshop. 2. The last date for receiving online application has been extended to 1st November 2006. This is for your kind information. Please pass this information on to other colleagues. Please Visit the Website. Project Website : http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/ Workshop Website: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ SECOND NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL PUBLISHING IN INDIA ON 14th and 15th DECEMBER, 2006 Conducted by National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in collaboration with Public Knowledge Project, University of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University, Canada supported by Asian Media and Information Centre, Singapore Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006. ------ Content: ------- Aimed at academic publishers in India, including institutions and associations with Institutional Archives as well as journal publishers, the workshop will - Impart knowledge about OAI-PMH and the tools and techniques required to publish with OAI compliance. - Conduct hands-on sessions using open source, OAI complaint journal management and publishing software, Open Journal Systems(OJS). Registration Information: ------------------------ - The workshop is open to Indian nationals employed in organizations,associations or private companies involved in academic and research publications OR have plans in the near future to start their own publishing initiatives. - Two members from each organization are encouraged to participate. Additional members from the same organization will be accommodated subject to availability of seats. - The number of seats is limited to 20 only. Registration Fees: ----------------- - No registration fee. - Travel expenses to and from Bangalore should be borne by the participant or the sponsoring organization. Important dates: --------------- Last date for registration: 1st November 2006. Confirmation of registration to the participants: 15th November, 2006 Workshop Dates: 14th and 15th December, 2006 Registration : -------------- http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.html Brochure: -------- Available for download at: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/brochure.pdf Workshop Website: ------- ------- For more information check the URL: http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ http://sjpi.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ Contact: ------- Postal Address: National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Phone: 080-22933273, 22932654 and 22932511 E-mail: mailto:sjpi@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in sjpi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in With Regards Thomas Abraham Thomas Abraham Project Assistant National Centre For Science Information Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore Mobile : +919886040165

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Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar
by anitha mk 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Dear members, This is to inform you that NCSI-NET, an association comprising of staff, students and alumni of NCSI, is organizing the second national level Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar, in memory of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, erstwhile Associate Chairman, NCSI, IISc. It is a one day seminar targeted exclusively for the benefit of students of final year/semester Library and Information Science course or its equivalent. The details of the seminar are given below. Seminar Title : Dr. T B Rajashekar Memorial Seminar on Competencies for the budding Information Professionals in the Digital Era Date: November 11, 2006 (Saturday) Venue: National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 Target audience: Students of the final year/semester of Masters in Library & Information science course or its equivalent Seminar coverage: The Seminar is conducted with an intention to create awareness amongst the budding professionals about the latest developments in the information and communication technologies applicable to our LIS profession. The present Seminar will give the students an overview of Designing the Library Websites for maximum usability and Effective Web searching. There will be a session dealing with career building strategies and job opportunities for LIS professionals. Registration fee: Rs. 150/- We are not making any arrangements for accommodation. However, we will provide names and addresses of some affordable hotels, which are in the close proximity to IISc, in the workshop web site in due course of time. Last date for registration: November 2, 2006. More details about the registration can be found at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/registration2006.html Kindly bring this to the attention of the students in your department and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participation in the seminar will also give an opportunity for the students to interact with fellow students from other universities and with professionals working in the industry and academia. For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop Registration form is available at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.doc Thanking You, Yours sincerely, Anitha M.K and Ravi Nandhan V NCSI-NET Coordinators  � Dear members, � This is to inform you that NCSI-NET, an association comprising of staff, students and alumni of NCSI, is organizing the second national level Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar, in memory of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, erstwhile Associate Chairman, NCSI, IISc. It is a one day seminar targeted exclusively for the benefit of students of final year/semester Library and Information Science course or its equivalent. The details of the seminar are given below. � Seminar Title�� : Dr. T B Rajashekar Memorial Seminar on Competencies for the budding Information Professionals in the �� Digital Era � Date:�� November 11, 2006 (Saturday) � Venue:�� National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 � Target audience:� Students of the final year/semester of Masters in Library & Information science course or its equivalent � Seminar coverage: The Seminar is conducted with an intention to create awareness amongst the budding professionals about the latest developments in the information and communication technologies applicable to our LIS profession. The present Seminar will give the students an overview of Designing the Library Websites for maximum usability and Effective Web searching. There will be a session dealing with career building strategies and job opportunities for LIS professionals. � Registration fee:� Rs. 150/- � We are not making any arrangements for accommodation. However, we will provide names and addresses of some affordable hotels, which are in the close proximity to IISc, in the workshop web site in due course of time. � Last date for registration: November 2, 2006 . More details about the registration can be found at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/registration2006.html http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/registration2006.html � � Kindly bring this to the attention of the students in your department and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participation in the seminar will also give an opportunity for the students to interact with fellow students from other universities and� with professionals working in the industry and academia. � For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop � Registration form is available at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.doc http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/register.doc � Thanking You, � Yours sincerely, Anitha M.K and Ravi Nandhan V NCSI-NET Coordinators � � �

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interesting news: "A 'library' to preserve species"
by Puttaraj Choukimath 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Please excuse cross posting - this may be of interest to you or a colleague ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "A 'library' to preserve species " Full story: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=16&articleid=1016200… ====================================================================== Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. Please excuse cross posting - this may be of interest to you or a colleague ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "A 'library' to preserve species " Full story: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=16&articleid=1016200… http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=16&articleid=1016200… ====================================================================== Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu/ www.tiss.edu Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42974/*http://www.yahoo.com/preview Check it out.

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Article request
by A. B. NAIKAL 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Dear all, Greetings from S. P. Jain Center of Management, Singapore. One of our student need below mentioned 2 articles for his project work. If anybody is subscribing to these journals, kindly send me a soft copy of the same. Thanks in advance for your kind help. 1. Title: A Delphi Forecast for the Singapore Tourism Industry: Future Scenario and Marketing Implications Author(s): Yeong Wee Yong, Kau Ah Keng, Tan Leng Leng Journal: European Journal of Marketing ISSN: 0309-0566 Year: 1989 Volume: 23 Issue: 11 Page: 15 - 26 Pub: MCB UP Ltd. 2. Title:The Concept of a Tourist Area Cycle of Evolution: Implications for Management of Resources Author: Butler, R.W. (1980), Journal: Canadian Geographer, Vol 31 (1) With Regards Appasaheb Naikal Librarian S P Jain Center of Management Singapore --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. Dear all, Greetings from S. P. Jain Center of Management, Singapore . One of our student need below mentioned 2 articles for his project work. If anybody is subscribing to these journals, kindly send me a soft copy of the same. Thanks in advance for your kind help. 1. Title: A Delphi Forecast for the Singapore Tourism Industry: Future Scenario and Marketing Implications Author(s): Yeong Wee Yong, Kau Ah Keng, Tan Leng Leng Journal: European Journal of Marketing ISSN: 0309-0566 Year: 1989 Volume: 23 Issue: 11 Page: 15 - 26 Pub: MCB UP Ltd. 2. Title: The Concept of a Tourist Area Cycle of Evolution: Implications for Management of Resources Author: Butler , R.W. (1980), Journal: Canadian Geographer, Vol 31 (1) With Regards Appasaheb Naikal Librarian S P Jain Center of Management Singapore How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev… PC-to-Phone call rates.

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10th Anniversary Version of Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Version 64 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 2,780 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html This is the 10th anniversary version of SEPB, whose first version was published in October 1996: http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/01/sepb.html The PDF version of SEPB is produced annually. The 2005 PDF file is available (Version 60, published 12/9/2005). http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/60/sepb.pdf The Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals, by the same author, provides much more in-depth coverage of the open access movement and related topics (e.g., disciplinary archives, e-prints, institutional repositories, open access journals, and the Open Archives Initiative) than SEPB does. http://www.digital-scholarship.com/oab/oab.htm The Open Access Webliography (with Ho) complements the OAB, providing access to a number of Websites related to open access topics. http://www.digital-scholarship.com/cwb/oaw.htm Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues* 8.1 Digital Rights Management* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials General Electronic Publishing* Images* Legal* Preservation* Publishers Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards Further Information about SEPB The HTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be can be searched using Boolean operators. The HTML document includes three sections not found in the Acrobat file: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (biweekly list of new resources; also available by mailing list--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepwlist.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 270 related Web sites) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/archive/sepa.htm The 2005 annual PDF file is designed for printing. The printed bibliography is over 210 pages long. The PDF file is over 560 KB. Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development, University of Houston Libraries E-Mail: cbailey(a)uh.edu Publications: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/ (Provides access to DigitalKoans, Open Access Bibliography, Open Access Webliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog, and others)

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Opening for Junior Officer at HSBC Operations and Processing Enterprise - Chennai
by om prakash ram 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear all,We are looking for full time Junior Documentation officer (Male Candidates only) at HSBC Operations and Processing Enterprise, ChennaiQualification:Masters Degree in Library and Information Science / Documentation with at least 55%Should have very good communication skillsGood at using MS Office toolsKnowledge in using Digital library software / systemsExperience in Archives Management DesirableMinimum One-year experienceSalary 8K PMInterested Candidates may come for a walk in interview on 29th October 2006 between 10 AM to 3 PM at below given address.HSBC, Ground Floor,No.30, Rajaji SalaiChennai - 600001Land Mark: Opposite to Beach Railway Station.Good Luck!!!Warm Regards,Omprakash Ram044-25252169\"The more you love what you are doing, The more successful it will be for you\". ~ Jerry Gillies Dear all, We are looking for full time Junior Documentation officer (Male Candidates only) at HSBC Operations and Processing Enterprise, Chennai Qualification: Masters Degree in Library and Information Science / Documentation with at least 55% Should have very good communication skills Good at using MS Office tools Knowledge in using Digital library software / systems Experience in Archives Management Desirable Minimum One-year experience Salary 8K PM Interested Candidates may come for a walk in interview on 29th October 2006 between 10 AM to 3 PM at below given address. HSBC, Ground Floor, No.30, Rajaji Salai Chennai - 600001 Land Mark: Opposite to Beach Railway Station. Good Luck!!! Warm Regards, Omprakash Ram 044-25252169 "The more you love what you are doing, The more successful it will be for you". ~ Jerry Gillies http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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OutsourcingNewsclippings
by B sridhara 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear colleagues, We are interested to outsource our News clippings service and looking for Delhi based people/company. Job involves, 1. Scanning and editing 15-20 news per day 2. Conversion of images to Tif,Jpeg etc 3. Naming of images/news according to our well defined format. 4. Converting images into pdf text readable 5. Converted pdf images into single file(Just like e-book) 6. E-mail to at least more than 100 address 7. Finally entering data and uploading into our news clipping database. For further information regarding this can contact me through mail (This may including your manpower your hardware software etc) If anybody know who are involved in such activites may pl be informed to them. Warm regards Sridhara B Scientist DESIDOC Dear colleagues, We are interested to outsource our News clippings service and looking for Delhi based people/company. Job involves, 1. Scanning and editing 15-20 news per day 2. Conversion of images to Tif,Jpeg etc 3. Naming of images/news according to our well defined format. 4. Converting images into pdf text readable 5. Converted pdf images into single file(Just like e-book) 6. E-mail to at least more than 100 address 7. Finally entering data and uploading into our news clipping database. For further information regarding this can contact me through mail (This may including your manpower your hardware software etc) If anybody know who are involved in such activites may pl be informed to them. Warm regards Sridhara B Scientist DESIDOC http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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RE: [LIS-Forum] Declining reading habits
by Aman Jha 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

This I believe may not be true. I think exposure to digital media has diverted the attention of print media readers towards digital media reading/viewing. I don't think reading habbit has declined at all. Well, you can say 'reading habbit has changed'. If this is the case then there shoule not be anything to surprise. Because the whole world is changing, Economy is shifting towards developing countries. Knowledge generation and flow of information are happening more in India and China and other emerging economies. This I am saying because 94 per cent of the economic growth of a country is due to growth in knowledge generation and dissemination. And if knowledge generation and information dissemination is more in India, that means there are more users/readers. "Nobel laureate economist Robert Solow showed that seven-eighth of the growth of US from 1900 to 1950 was accounted for by technical progress, while only one-eighth was driven by capital. A study by Denison, of factors contributing to the growth of the US economy from 1929 to 1982, attributes 94 per cent of that growth to factors relating to knowledge generation and dissemination: 64 per cent of this is linked to advances in knowledge generation (i.e. R&D) and another 30 per cent to advances in education. By one recent estimate, 50-60 per cent of all industrial output is based on information." [Quoted from 'India vision 2020: the report'] Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry Plot No 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Sector 18, Gurgaon - 122015 (Haryana) Tel: 0124-4014060-67 aman.jha(a)ciionline.org http://www.ciionline.org -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Parinita Samant Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:49 AM To: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Declining reading habits Importance: High Dear All, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. Has anyone conducted a survey regarding why the reading habits are declining? What is it that users prefer to read today, and why? Does age, marital status, position or income play any major role in influencing reading? Has anyone conducted any such survey? Could you tell me the results that you got? Can you give me any information on this - any institute or person who has conducted such a survey and why? I am planning to hold such a survey, and would appreciate any help/ guidance that you could give me. Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707 ************************************************************************ *************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . ************************************************************************ *************************************************** DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

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concerns of libraries and librarians
by Enukonda Rama Reddy 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear Professional colleagues, I am writing to get views of this group on the pressing issues that Indian Libraries and Library Users are facing. It is a good idea to look into them with more focus to improve the functioning of our libraries in providing the services to the users. We constantly hear the decline in the Users coming to the libraries. We need to identify the reasons. There may be many reasons. We may have to restructure our libraries and also the way we are working now. It is time we identify the core issues that the libraries need to concentrate on from the Library Users point of view. I retired as Librarian, University of Hyderabad during the early part of 2006. regards, Rama Reddy Dr. E. Rama Reddy University Librarian (Retd.), Flat # 4, Siddartha Apartments 22 Santosh Nagar Colony, Mehdipatnam HYDERABAD-500 028, A.P. India Tel: 040-2351-2877 mobile: 094404 18727 enukondar(a)yahoo.co.in enukondar(a)gmail.com --------------------------------- Find out what India is talking about on - Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Dear Professional colleagues, I am writing to get views of this group on the pressing issues that Indian Libraries and Library Users are facing. It is a good idea to look into them with more focus to improve the functioning of our libraries in providing the services to the users. We constantly hear the decline in the Users coming to the libraries. We need to identify the reasons. There may be many reasons. We may have to restructure our libraries and also the way we are working now. It is time we identify the core issues that the libraries need to concentrate on from the Library Users point of view. I retired as Librarian, University of Hyderabad during the early part of 2006. regards, Rama Reddy Dr. E. Rama Reddy University Librarian (Retd.), Flat # 4, Siddartha Apartments 22 Santosh Nagar Colony, Mehdipatnam HYDERABAD-500 028, A.P. India Tel: 040-2351-2877 mobile: 094404 18727 mailto:enukondar@yahoo.co.in enukondar(a)yahoo.co.in mailto:enukondar@gmail.com enukondar(a)gmail.com Find out what India is talking about on - http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Yahoo! Messenger Version 8. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/messengertagline/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.… Get it NOW

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Declining reading habits
by Parinita Samant 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Dear All, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. Has anyone conducted a survey regarding why the reading habits are declining? What is it that users prefer to read today, and why? Does age, marital status, position or income play any major role in influencing reading? Has anyone conducted any such survey? Could you tell me the results that you got? Can you give me any information on this - any institute or person who has conducted such a survey and why? I am planning to hold such a survey, and would appreciate any help/ guidance that you could give me. Thanks & Regards Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707 *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . *************************************************************************************************************************** Declining reading habits Dear All, Declining reading habits are one of the major concerns of nearly all libraries today. Has anyone conducted a survey regarding why the reading habits are declining? What is it that users prefer to read today, a nd why? Does age, marital status, position or income play any major role in influencing reading? Has anyone conducted any such survey? Could you tell me the results that you got? Can you give me any information on this – any institute or person who has conducted such a survey and why? I am planning to hold such a survey, and would appreciate any help/ guidance that you could give me. [A] Thanks &� Regards � Parinita Samant HexaVarsity Mumbai Library Hexaware Technologies Ltd 152, Millennium Business Park, Sect -IIIA Block, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400710 67919595 - Xt- 9707 *************************************************************************************************************************** This e-mail communication and any attachments may be privileged and confidential to Hexaware and are intended only for the use of the recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not review, disclose, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and attachments. If you have received this email in error, please delete the same alongwith all attachments thereto and notify us immediately at mailadmin(a)hexaware.com . ***************************************************************************************************************************

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